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- ISBN 9780631230830
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 170 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 16 Dec 2005
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book is a state-of-the-art introduction to the archaeology of Oceania, covering both Australia and the Pacific Islands.
- The first text to provide integrated treatment of the archaeologies of Australia and the Pacific Islands
- Enables readers to form a coherent overview of cultural developments across the region as a whole
- Brings together contributions from some of the region's leading scholars
- Focuses on new discoveries, conceptual innovations, and postcolonial realpolitik
- Challenges conventional thinking on major regional and global issues in archaeology
Ian Lilley is Reader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the University of Queensland. He is a past President of the Australian Archaeological Association. Lilley currently conducts field research in Torres Strait and New Caledonia, and his recent publications include Le Pacifique de 5000 à 2000 BP: Suppléments à l’histoire d’une colonisation (with Jean-Christophe Galipaud, 1999), Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Postcolonial World (2000), and Histories of Old Ages: Essays in Honour of Rhys Jones (with Atholl Anderson and Sue O’Connor, 2001).
